With the black and white image, Saul Goodman I nervously attended a cafeteria in a mall, in a suburb of the middle west. Those were the first seconds of “Better Call Saul”one of the most important drama series today.
With six seasons and sixty-three episodes, the production of Vince Gilligan was born as a spin-off of the popular “Breaking Bad”. The success of the series Bryan Cranston Y Aaron Paulinstalled the method and build the character of Bob Odenkirk.
Far from the world of drug trafficking and the anguish of surviving cancer, Better Call Saul responds in its first episodes to the question of how the scammer Jimmy McGill transforms into the cunning lawyer Saul Goodman. Sustained in details, hook stories and good performances, with attractive characters, little by little the series generates its own universe, without losing traces of its predecessor.
The cast was one of the highlights of the production that has just aired its last episode. In the premiere of its last season and can be seen in nextflix. The characters emerge in their own conflict and fight to survive in the hidden contexts of the suburb of New Mexico.
The interpretive construction of the series was recognized by critics, this encouraged the public to focus on the actors and actresses. What trajectory did the cast of the series have before consecrating themselves in Better Call Saul?
Bob Odenkirk
Getting started as a screenwriter “Saturday night Live” and in “The Ben Stiller Show”had his first appearance on stage in the program mr show of HBO. It was followed by supporting roles in series in the late 1990s, such as “Rosanne” Y “Larry Sanders Show”.
After not being in the casting of the series “TheOffice” to play the role of michael scottfinally obtained by Steve Carellhad his successful opportunity to play lawyer Saul Goodman in the third season of breaking bad in 2009.
Rhea Seehorn
The romantic couple jimmy mcgills was the starring role in the career of Rhea Seehorn. The actress, who plays the lawyer kim wexlerhad its popular kick in the series of Vince Gilligan. His previous experiences were settling for supporting roles, “Burn Notice” Y “The Closer” are some of the most remembered.
Michael McKean
The experienced Michael McKean is probably the actor with the longest television career. However, the mockumentary “This is Spinal Tap” , I position it as a benchmark for cinematographic comedy, which I continue with films of the same tone, such as “clue” Y “coneheads“.
His decisive step on the small screen was achieved with Saturday night Live in the 90s, although he had a previous background as a supporting character in the series Laverne & Shirley in the 1970s. At present, he follows a path of productions that has never lost continuity.
Jonathan Banks
With an extensive career in Hollywood cinema, from the 1980s to the present, with titles such as “A Detective on the Loose in Hollywood” either “Crocodile Dundee”. The interpreter of Mike Ehrmantraut He was always classified as a “tough” in the cast of film projects.
The role of the former police officer was the door in the recognition of the veteran actor, who obtained in 2016 the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in the Indiana University Bloomingtonawarded by the same institution that he had abandoned in his younger years.
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